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Uniswap Is Building The Liquidity Network For Everything | Hayden Adams
About this episode
What if Uniswap isn’t really an exchange at all, but a liquidity network for every asset?
This week, Uniswap Founder Hayden Adams explains how Uniswap is evolving from a consumer DeFi app into global financial infrastructure.
We explore programmable market making, tokenized assets, public market's IPO problem, Robinhood’s breakout traction, and why DeFi could reshape capital markets. Enjoy!
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Uniswap Having A Moment
03:31 What Is Uniswap Today?
08:51 How Uniswap Runs The Business
15:24 Who Is Uniswap Building For?
22:09 DeFi Becoming Financial Infrastructure
26:08 Why Do AMMs Keep Winning?
38:39 The Next AMM Unlock
52:06 Are Traditional IPOs Broken?
01:01:14 Robinhood Chain & Uniswap Partnerships
01:06:19 Uniswap’s New Tokenomics
01:11:33 The $100 Million UNI Burn
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